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First Interstate Bank in Montana
HMDA record for properties in Montana, calendar year 2024. National record · Montana overview
HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws. The data do not include some legitimate credit risk considerations for loan approval and loan pricing decisions. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
First Interstate Bank's 2024 HMDA record for Montana covers 1,030 applications, 610 of them originated, worth $131m.
Its denial rate in the state was 27.7%, above the Montana rate of 20.9% across all lenders and compared with the lender's national rate of 32.2%.
The median rate spread on its Montana originations was 1.2 percentage points (state median 0.3).
Applications in the state were down 17% on 2023.
Compared with the state and the lender's national record
| Measure | In Montana | Montana, all lenders | First Interstate Bank, all states | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denial rate | 27.7% | 20.9% | 32.2% | 24.3% |
| Median rate spread, pp | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Originations with spread of 1.5 pp or more | 25.4% | 13.8% | 27.6% | 15.6% |
| Average originated loan | $215k | $348k | $182k | $329k |
| Home purchase share | 22.6% | 54.8% | 22.7% | 57.0% |
| FHA-insured share | 1.0% | 10.4% | 1.0% | 13.4% |
| VA-guaranteed share | 0.3% | 11.1% | 0.2% | 7.9% |
Trend by year
ApplicationsOriginations
This lender in stateMontana, all lenders
Loan purpose and loan type in Montana
By purpose
Home purchase 23% (138)Home improvement 38% (232)Refinancing 24% (148)Cash-out refinancing 1% (7)Other purpose 14% (85)
By type
Conventional 99% (602)FHA 1% (6)VA 0% (2)
Denial reasons as coded
Share of 239 denials in Montana by first denial reason coded (outlined bar: all lenders in the state).
Counties in Montana
| County | Applications | Originations | Amount | Denial rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missoula County | 171 | 126 | $30m | 18.1% |
| Flathead County | 127 | 77 | $22m | 32.2% |
| Yellowstone County | 124 | 65 | $9.3m | 25.8% |
| Gallatin County | 116 | 63 | $18m | 32.7% |
| Lewis and Clark County | 66 | 43 | $8.8m | 23.2% |
| Lake County | 55 | 35 | $7.6m | 22.9% |
| Park County | 64 | 34 | $8.0m | 35.2% |
| Cascade County | 49 | 33 | $5.7m | 19.5% |
| Ravalli County | 47 | 28 | $4.8m | 26.3% |
| Madison County | 32 | 16 | $3.9m | — |
| Custer County | 28 | 15 | $1.3m | — |
Counties with at least 25 applications, by originations.
Questions and answers
How many mortgages did First Interstate Bank originate in Montana in 2024?
610 loans totalling $131m, from 1,030 applications reported for properties in Montana.
What is First Interstate Bank's denial rate in Montana?
27.7% of decided applications in Montana were denied, against 20.9% for all lenders in the state and 32.2% for this lender nationally. HMDA data alone cannot be used to determine whether a lender is complying with fair lending laws.
Which Montana counties does First Interstate Bank lend in most?
By originations: Missoula County (126), Flathead County (77), Yellowstone County (65), Gallatin County (63), Lewis and Clark County (43).
Where does this data come from?
From the 2024 public HMDA loan/application register (FFIEC and CFPB), filtered to the lender's LEI and the property state. Cells under 25 applications are withheld.
Provenance
Source: HMDA public loan/application register 2022, 2023, 2024 (FFIEC and CFPB, public domain), records for this LEI with a property in Montana. Built 30 Sep 2026; data through 1 Aug 2026. See methodology and corrections.